Doug Avery, Margie Thomson

The Resilient Farmer

Weathering the challenges of life and the land (16pt Large Print Edition)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The story of how one man weathered years of drought and desperation to turn his farm - and his life - around.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ReadHowYouWant
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9780369305305
• ISBN-10: 0369305302
• Artikelnr.: 57485749

Autorenporträt

Doug Avery is director of Bonavaree Farm in Grassmere, South Marlborough. The 2400-hectare farm has been owned by the Avery family since 1919. The Averys won the 2010 'South Island Farmer of the Year' for their work adapting farm-management systems in response to increasingly dry conditions. Doug was also Chairman of the Starborough/Flaxbourne Soil Conservation Group working with NZ Landcare Trust, an initiative whose innovative work has attracted both national and international attention.